Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America - Couverture souple

Ehrenreich, Barbara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0805088385 ISBN 13 : 9780805088380

Editeur : Henry Holt & Co, 2008

Synopsis

Nickel and Dimed The bestselling, landmark work of undercover reportage is now updated with a new Afterword in which Ehrenreich shows that the plight of the underpaid has in no way been eased.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'A superb book' -- Decca Aitkenhead, Guardian

'An extraordinary Orwellian testimony to how tough American working life is for the bottom 20 per cent' -- Will Hutton

'An extraordinary achievement...surely one of the most gripping political books ever written' -- Observer

'Brilliant, gripping and extraordinarily timely, this is a book about collective blindness that will change the way you see' -- Naomi Klein

'This book is about the kinds of relationships we have with other human beings...a book that must be read' -- Geoff Dyer, Independent on Sunday

'This is a book about collective blindness that will change the way you see' -- Naomi Klein, author of No Logo

'We have Barbara Ehrenreich to thank for bringing us the news of America's working poor.' --New York Times Book Review

This account of being exploited in an affluent world is elevated by her humanity and humour. --Sunday Times Cultures' 100 Books to Love

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty level wages. Distinguished journalist Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them, in order to find out how anyone survives on six to seven dollars an hour. Ehrenreich left home, took the cheapest lodgings she could find and accepted whatever job she was offered, from cleaning to care work, waitressing to folding clothes at Wal-Mart. So began a gruelling, hair-raising and darkly funny odyssey through the underside of working America.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Henry Holt & Co
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0805088385
• ISBN 13: 9780805088380
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 244